Kenya–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations between Kenya and Palestine.
Hazem Shabat is the ambassador of Palestine to Kenya.[1] Palestine has an embassy in Nairobi.[2] Kenya supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.[3]
Kenya recognized Palestinian statehood in May 1989.[4]
In 2016, Palestine complained about President Uhuru Kenyatta visiting the Western Wall and Israeli settlements in West Bank without visiting Palestinians towns.[5]
Kenyan police disbursed protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021 during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.[6] Kenya urged for a de-escalation in the conflict.[7]
On 24 May 2023, Kenya abstained from a vote on Palestinian health at the World Health Organization.[8] Hazem Shabat, the Palestine Ambassador to Kenya, asked Israel to stop building illegal settlements in the West Bank in May 2023 at a lecture in the University of Nairobi.[9] President William Ruto of Kenya condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and endorsed Israel's policy.[10] Communist Party of Kenya organized protests in favor of Palestine which were broken up by the police.[8] Kenyans for Palestine organized screenings of film on Palestine and called for boycott of Israeli companies.[8][11] Muslim Imams also expressed support for Palestinians during the Gaza war.[12] Three protestors were detained from a protest organized by Kenya Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Cheche Bookshop and Cafe.[13] Member of Parliament Farah Maalim was censured by the speaker for wearing a Palestinian scarf.[14] Eugene Wamalwa, former cabinet secretary of Kenya, has said that Kenya should not pick a side in the Israel-Palestine conflict.[15]
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